Oh...Mellow Johnny's. There....I said it!

I do my own wrenching, so I can't speak from personal experience. The only thing I've ever had done is a couple of crown races installed on my forks plus a few headset cups pressed in. Had 'em done at Bicycle Sport Shop, which is where I typically buy all my parts since they're closest to my house. I like them but they give you a little crap if you walk in wearing a Mellow Johnny's cap...like I did the other day. I've asked for a BSS cap from Santa.

I like Nelos too, mostly because of the cool dogs. Last time I was there (it's been a few years), he had recently recently rescued a "brindle" Great Dane that was wandering the shop, in addition to the Pit Bull that's had a rough life and has the surgery scars to prove it. Nothing like having a Great Dane walk up and lean on you. That and the wrench there one time spent an hour and broke two extractor bits trying to get a buried adjustement screw out of an eBay derailleur I had bought...and ended up chargin' $15 for all the trouble (he succeeded at removing the screw). Finally, BFer GrassChopper visited Austin a couple years ago for the LiveStrong ride. We did a group ride the day before and his seat post clamp stripped. We weren't far from Nelo's so we got there before it opened and the guy let us in while he did an overhaul on the clamp.

All of the shops mentioned can all competently build a new bike out of the box. And if you're in Austin, you've gotta go to MJ's. Ya just do.